Ruben Amorim explains why he feels ‘mad and upset’ after Man United’s 2-2 draw at Liverpool despite a impressive performance from his players – and issues rallying call to stars
Ruben Amorim said he was ‘mad and upset’ by Manchester United’s performance in their draw at Liverpool – because they have not shown the same fighting spirit in other matches.
Liverpool fought from behind after Lisandro Martinez opened the scoring, with Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah netting – but Amad Diallo found an 80th-minute strike to level the game.
United were much better than in recent weeks and boss Amorim was left upset by that and asked his team to use this result as a platform in the coming games. ‘I get more mad because of the other games,’ he said.
‘It’s even harder to understand some things. This is not about the system, the technique, it’s about something else…
‘I am upset today, really upset. I am pleased with the performance but everyone today is going to say that the team did a good job. Today I am allowed to be the only guy upset with the team — but today we were a team.
‘We had some good games during this last month but then we dropped again. It’s something that we need to be really consistent. We had this talk after (winning against) Manchester City, it was the same.
Ruben Amorim said he was ‘mad and upset’ by Man United’s performance against Liverpool
Man United were much better than in recent weeks and manager Amorim was left upset by that
Amad Diallo (right) rescued a point for Man United after scoring in the 80th minute at Anfield
‘I want to see my team play so much better but I think the most important thing to address today is the mentality and that is the key for everything.
‘Today we were a different team not because of the system, not because of a technical or tactical aspect.
‘We faced the competition in the way we are supposed to face every day. Training and match, it doesn’t match the place, the opponent, we need to face every day like that.’
Captain Bruno Fernandes thought similarly and added: ‘Obviously, we’ve been criticised, and fairly, because the position in the table says it all.
‘We’ve lost too many points. Even today, we can’t be happy with the draw, because we need points more than they need.
‘It’s a really good result and a fair result, both teams played good football and it was intense.
‘I’m pretty upset because we can show this against Liverpool at Anfield, first in the league, the outstanding team in the Premier League this season, why can’t we do this every week?’
